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On behalf of Law Office of Leila J. Wons, P.C. posted in Child Custody on Tuesday, September 2, 2014.

Earlier this month, The Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision on Bower v. Bournay-Bower, which addressed the Probate and Family Court's powers as they relate to the appointment of a Parent Coordinator.

On behalf of Law Office of Leila J. Wons, P.C. posted in Children on Sunday, February 16, 2014.

With the Olympics come the sentimental commercials of Olympians thanking their parents for helping them become the athletes they are today. We see images of these young Olympians learning how to walk on a ski slope, falling down over and over, and being woken up in the very early morning hours for practice.

On behalf of Law Office of Leila J. Wons, P.C. posted in Child Custody on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.

Speaking to your children about divorce can be an extremely difficult process. Parents often disagree on the amount of knowledge children should have about the divorce process and what his/her parents are going through.

On behalf of Law Office of Leila J. Wons, P.C. posted in Child Custody on Monday, July 2, 2012.

Judge Michael Haas of Cass County Minnesota retired in 2002 after 26 years of service as a Judge. The following 200 words issued by him (we are not certain whether they were stated on or off the record) have been referenced in multiple appellate court decisions and in Lawyer's Weekly.

On behalf of Law Office of Leila J. Wons, P.C. posted in Child Custody on Wednesday, June 27, 2012.

One of the most difficult cases I work on are those dealing with parental alienation. Parental alienation often occurs during or following divorce, and is characterized by a child expressing unreasonable, unjustified and strong dislike or even hatred for a parent.

On behalf of Law Office of Leila J. Wons, P.C. posted in Child Support on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

On March 6, 2012, the Supreme Judicial Court held that a father who consents to in vitro fertilization is the legal father of the children born of this artificial insemination, even if the parties agreed that he would take no responsibility for the needs of said children (Chukwudera B. Okoli vs. Blessing N. Okoli).

On behalf of Law Office of Leila J. Wons, P.C. posted in Same-Sex on Friday, February 3, 2012.

On February 2, 2012, the Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a lower court's judgment that a non-biological mother of a child born during a marriage who never co-adopted the child is nevertheless considered the child's other legal parent.

On behalf of Law Office of Leila J. Wons, P.C. posted in Abuse on Monday, December 19, 2011.

Child abuse or neglect are serious matters that need to be addressed immediately. Unfortunately, many parents fail to take appropriate steps towards ensuring that suspicions of child abuse or neglect are addressed, either due to fear that doing so will cause additional harm to the child or that it will place their own parenting into question.

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